Hi folks,

Okay, this one's driving me absolutely nucking futs today.

I have a specialized ADO-populated ComboBox, to which I've added (and populated with a default value) a property called icDataLinkFileName to hold the name of the UDL file (if any) which is used by the data handler to populate the control.

Now, in one of the methods of this control, I need to check if this property has been changed in the particular *instance* of the control (ie, when the developer dropped the control onto the form/container, they decided to set the property to something other than its default value). Should be a breeze, right? WROOONG...

I've tried the following, all with no luck:
a) SYS( 1269, THIS, "icDataLinkFileName", 0 ) always returns false
b) PEMSTATUS( THIS, "icDataLinkFileName", 0 ) always returns false
c) PEMSTATUS( THIS, "icDataLinkFileName", 4 ) always returns true
d) PEMSTATUS( THIS, "icDataLinkFileName", 6 ) always returns true

All the UDL files exist, in the correct location. When I change it in the property sheet, for either the class or the instance, the correct value is there. BUT IT WON'T TELL ME THAT IT'S BEEN CHANGED FROM THE DEFAULT.

This *CAN'T BE THAT DIFFICULT* !!!! What stupid, idiotically simple since-VFP-was-invented function am I overlooking here???

Apologies for the frustrated SHOUTING :) and
TIA,